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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Masked teens rob Lakeview gaming store at gunpoint

The GameStop at 3951 North Broadway. | Yelp

Five robbers, all possibly in their early teens, robbed a Lakeview area GameStop at gunpoint on Wednesday evening. No one is in custody. It is at least the second time that a North Side GameStop location has been violently robbed in three weeks.

Around 4:30 p.m., five young males wearing hoodies and masks entered the store at 3951 North Broadway and forced employees into a back room, according to a police report. One of the offenders was armed with a handgun.

The robbers then targeted the register and collected about 40 Nintendo Switch gaming consoles into large plastic trash bags before running from the scene.

Switch systems retail for $300 each.

Police said the robbers were five black males wearing masks and hoodies. One, who stood about 5’10” tall, was armed with a pistol. Four others ranged from 5’5” to 5’7” in height. Some ran north, others ran south on Broadway after the hold-up.